Quotes About Preparation

Hold yourself.. why Winter is coming." Eddard Stark

You used to have the jokes about never fixing the roof until it rained. People were undoubtedly the same now, or worse. They might well wait until something happened that forced them to act; that something would almost certainly be unpleasant—most likely, serious. Yet

If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.

Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

Because it will not last," Catelyn answered, sadly. "Because they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming.

Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.

A long summer always meant a long winter to come.

Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.

The seeds of war are oft planted during times of peace.

None of us is ever ready,' he (Ned) said. 'For knighthood?' 'For death.

Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used against you

None of us is ever ready

I told them to place a cyvasse table in your chambers." "Who was I supposed to play with?" "Yourself. Sometimes it is best to study a game before you attempt to play it. How well do you know the game, Arianne?" "Well enough to play." "But not to win. My brother loved the fight for its own sake, but I only played such games as I can win.

Here and now, with winter soon upon us, that is a different matter. It is time to begin growing up.

He will not be three forever. And winter is coming.

The gardener digs a hole in the ground and throws in a seed and waters it and he hopes something comes up. Now, he knows generally what's going to come up. He knows whether he planted an acorn for an oak tree or a tomato plant to get some tomatoes for the summer. But there's a lot of details he doesn't know. It may not grow at all. It may grow a little and then die. It may go wild. A chipmunk may eat it during the night. You don't know.

Get five or six," Bast said. "It's getting cold at night. Winter's coming." The innkeeper smiled. "I'm sure Martin will be flattered.

El conocimiento es un arma, Jon. Aseguraos de ir bien armado antes de entrar en combate.

didn't have a gun myself. I never do. Guns are a crutch for those who aren't in good enough shape to run. I did have my Swiss Army knife, but that was just in case I needed a compact burglary tool.

Si alguien se dibuja una diana en el pecho tiene que ser consciente de que tarde o temprano le van a lanzar flechas. Tyrion Lannister

A small spoon of victory is just the thing to settle the stomach before battle, " Ser Imry had declared happily.

In the deep sands a man must hoard his water.

Never draw your sword unless you mean to use it.

Of Calcination The First Gate. Calcination is the Purgation of our stone, Restoring also of his natural heat, Of radical humidity it looseth none, Inducing solution into our stone most meet After Philosophie I you behight Do, but not after the common guise With Suiphures and salts prepare in divers wise.